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Ed Sheeran is coming to a “Castle” near you. Hot off the release of his latest album ÷, the British crooner is heading out on a North American arena tour.

Launching June 29 in Kansas City, the 48-date jaunt continues through Oct. 6 in Nashville. In between, he will hit cities including Toronto, Los Angeles, Houston, and Brooklyn.

Pre-sales through Ticketmaster are set to begin March 13 at 10 a.m. through March 16 at 10 p.m. local time. Remaining tickets will go out to the general public on March 17.

Sheeran appeared on “Today” this morning to break the news. “I’m spending four months in [North] America,” he said. “It’s the most time I’m actually spending in any continent. We’re gonna put this tour on sale and see how it goes, and then maybe next year, come back for some more…Next year’s gonna be the stadiums. This year’s gonna be arenas.”

Beyond the tour, Ed also announced that he’s creating a boy band. “I have a bunch of songs that I think are really, really good boy band pop songs,” he said. “They’re pop, pop, pop songs. There’s one called ‘South of the Border’ that’s a bit funky…I have a big platform, this tour that’s coming up this year and next year, and I have the songs, and we’ve been given a record label by Warner, so I have the infrastructure to do something quite cool, and do it my way. It’ll be nice.”

To give fans a glimpse of what they can expect from the tour, Ed performed a series of tracks on “Today’s” “citi Concert Series,” including “Shape of You,” “Castle on the Hill,” “Supermarket Flowers,” “What Do I Know?” and “Thinking Out Loud.”

÷ is slated to top the Billboard 200 following the success of “Castle on the Hill” and “Shape of You,” which made chart history by becoming the first two songs to debut simultaneously in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“This album is called ‘divide’ because every single song on it is very divided and eclectic,” Sheeran explained on “Today.” “As soon as you skip a song, it’s completely different…I’m trying to cover all genres and bases.”